Distributed ledger innovators imagine a world without CSDs

blockchain-v-csd — Battle for supremacy: blockchain could present biggest shift yet in the CSD business model

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Industry participants including custodians, data providers and exchanges are increasingly questioning the role of central securities depositories (CSDs) in the development of financial market infrastructures if blockchain – or distributed ledger technology – takes off.

Located at the end of the post-trading process, CSDs are systemically important infrastructures that perform registration, safekeeping and settlement functions. Their business models are already coming under pressure through the

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